Spot gold fell to $4,600/oz, down 1.26% intraday. Spot silver dropped over 1.0%, trading at $67.97/oz.

China A-share battery sector extended gains; Shandong Weida hit the daily price limit. Liwang, Yuandong, Wuhan Landian, Zhuhai Guanyu, Penghui Energy and Gotion High‑Tech also advanced.

South Korea's DRAM export unit price for Aug. 1-20 reached $92,183/kg, up 401% YoY and about 12.5x the Jan. 2023 low. AI-driven HBM production is diverting wafer capacity from commodity DRAM, tightening supply. Goldman Sachs forecasts the DRAM supply shortfall widening from 5.0% this year to 5.9% next year, citing HBM for AI servers and large-capacity server DRAM absorbing limited production capacity. TrendForce expects Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron to allocate about 30% of DRAM wafer starts to HBM by the end of next year, while HBM will represent only roughly 13% of DRAM bit supply. Memory makers warn DRAM and NAND tightness driven by AI demand may persist beyond 2027; SK Hynix said 2027 could be the memory industry's worst shortage year and Goldman sees shortages potentially lasting into 2028.